U23 World League

Hope stadium
Spectators: 7486 (Terracing: 5615, Seating: 1722, VIP seats: 149) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Charles Santos started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Celsinho Bittencourt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Per Kjellbergs short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Percival Tavares to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 7th minute, Adrian Tâbârnă got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Percival Tavares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Adrian Tâbârnă in the 10th minute. After 15 minutes of play, Inter de São Paulo's Charles Santos made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gheorghe Comănescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliseu Galvão in the 18th minute of play forced Hope AFC's goalkeeper Gheorghe Comănescu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Charles Santos scored 0-2 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gheorghe Comănescu, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Inter de São Paulo's Celsinho Bittencourt got a free kick in the 25th minute. Per Kjellberg recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some careless play in the Hope AFC defense, Celsinho Bittencourt kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gheorghe Comănescu. The Hope AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gheorghe Comănescu should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Hope AFC defense, Celsinho Bittencourt kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gheorghe Comănescu. The Hope AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gheorghe Comănescu should have stopped the shot. Gheorghe Comănescu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Charles Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Petruț Aursulesei fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Percival Tavares having to interfere. After 44 minutes of play, Inter de São Paulo's Celsinho Bittencourt made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gheorghe Comănescu was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Hope AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Inter de São Paulo were winning 0-5.

When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Charles Santos took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Gheorghe Comănescu to make any attempt to save it. Gheorghe Comănescu made a fantastic save in the 60th minute, when Charles Santos sent off a good shot on target. Eugen Sava hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute, Celsinho Bittencourt left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Inter de São Paulo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-7. In the 65th match minute, Inter de São Paulo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yan Ceresso to maneuver through the defense. Sebastian Purje kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Eugen Sava hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. Inter de São Paulo's Celsinho Bittencourt got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to Hope AFC getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Sebastian Purje hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Frédson Marquez got free with Gheorghe Comănescu in the 79th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Gheorghe Comănescu didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Charles Santos went, in the 83rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-9 was the resulting score. Gheorghe Comănescu was a little too slow when Charles Santos got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 86th minute. The score was now 0-10. Charles Santos could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 89th minute of the match, but Gheorghe Comănescu made a huge save. Percival Tavares took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Per Kjellberg, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Inter de São Paulo's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.